Bechtel announced today that Valerie McCain, the late project manager at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), was recently named a Top 25 Newsmaker for 2023 by Engineering News-Record magazine.
Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk presented EM two Project Management Awards during a ceremony last week, recognizing exceptional results for complex projects.
Thanks in part to the Hanford Site’s Facebook page, Doug Staudt, a radiological control technician with EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company, was recently reunited with his 1988 high school class ring that went missing nearly 30 years ago.
Hanford Site workers continue to make headway dissolving solid waste in a large underground storage tank in a campaign to remove and transfer 426,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical waste.
DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) of Lynchburg, VA, for work to be performed at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State.
Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) staff recently performed an emergency preparedness drill simulating a response to an ammonia leak.
– A well-coordinated effort by EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) quickly restored power, repaired fallen utility poles and replaced transformers following a severe windstorm that hit the Hanford Site.
Valerie McCain, project director of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) and a Bechtel senior vice president at the Hanford Site, died on March 26 following a short illness.
Two EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractors invested in advancing the waste cleanup mission with a new, state-of-the-art office building for the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory support staff.
The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recognized a significant team achievement recently, when the last of its eight shift operations managers finished a rigorous qualifications process.